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This Online Group With 7 Million Members Shares Only The Most Interesting Pics Ever, And Here’re 50 Of The Best Ones
What do nearly 7 million people and some of the coolest, most spectacular things on the internet have in common? The ‘Interesting As F***’ subreddit! A massive community with some of the best content on Reddit, this subreddit will make your jaw drop with their posts. And you’re bound to feel like your IQ, imagination, and creativity are improving by the minute. Personally, these posts make me feel like the world’s far more magical.
We’ve collected some of their most eye-popping and entrancing posts for you to enjoy, dear Pandas, so scroll on down and feast your eyes and your minds. Remember to upvote your fave pics! We’d also love to hear from you which pics surprised you the most. And if you have any ‘interesting as fudge’ facts to share as well, our comment section is always open to you! Oh, and read on for Bored Panda's interview with MaxLemon, one of the subreddit's moderators, who told us all about how they manage an online community of such size.
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Meet Narnia, A Rare Two Faced Cat
These 3 Jewish Men Arrived In Auschwitz On The Same Day, & Were Tattooed 10 Numbers Apart. 73 Years Later, Sandi Bachom Photographed Them Meeting For The First Time For The Last Eyewitness Project, As Free Men Who Survived To Build Families And Prosperous Lives
Turkish Garbage Collectors Open A Library With All Of The Books Citizens Discard In Their Trash
Moderator MaxLemon told Bored Panda that even though the subreddit gets lots of content, it's not so terribly expansive that moderating is impossible.
"Essentially, we utilize the AutoModerator function to highlight key words and phrases as well as post types. Then we hand review those highlights and either approve or remove said postings. AutoModerator only highlights about 5-10% of the posts in a queue of 100 per page, however, and so the majority of the work is going through manual reports and making a judgement call on whether or not something follows our community guidelines."
According to MaxLemon, sometimes the moderating tasks are pretty easy. "Like if there's a poorly written title, if there's text on an image, or if it's obviously spam. In other cases, you have to act like a detective and build a picture of why something got reported or if the user who is being reported is genuine," they explained that the moderators' job can get pretty hectic at times.
A German Circus Is Using Holograms Instead Of Live Animals For A Cruelty-Free Magical Experience. And It's Cool
102-Year-Old Beatrice Lumpkin Put On A Face Shield And Gloves And Took Her Ballot To The Mailbox Today. When She Was Born, Women Couldn't Vote
Some Drugstores In The Czech Republic Introduced Shampoo And Shower Gel Filling Machines. Customers Can Refill Their Empty Bottles With Various Products So They Don't Have To Buy A New One Everytime
Such a brilliant idea, need something like this in our shops.
"It should be no surprise that with a subreddit as large as ours that there is always an attempt to advertise from a third party or scam the users and so part of our work is rooting out those false people, countering their spam tactics, etc."
We also wanted to find out MaxLemon's opinion about where the line between something that's "just" interesting and intersting AF lies. "The line is hard to define, to be honest, and it definitely varies by moderator. If the same thing was posted multiple times on our subreddit, it's no longer interesting AF, much less interesting. If it feels like it fits more on /r/mildyinteresting, then it's not iaf."
My Grandpa In Front Of The Plane He Flew In World War II. He Is 97 Now
A Bonsai Apple Tree Growing A Full-Sized Apple
Biracial Twin Sisters Born To A White Father And A Half-Jamaican Mother
Like the moderators of the subreddit say, their community is meant for “almost anything” that people find incredibly interesting. And with that kind of content, it’s no surprise that people have been flooding in since 2008 (yup, the subreddit has been online for over 12 staggering years!).
The size of the subreddit is absolutely shocking. So much so that the team curating the content that makes its way to the front page of the subreddit has some help from automated moderators to help keep everything flowing nicely. Two of the mods are AIs: AutoModerator and BotDefense. It only makes sense to enlist their help when your community has boomed to such an extent. Let’s just hope that the AI mods don’t turn against their fellow redditors.
Saying Goodbye To A Species, The Very Last Male Northern White Rhino. A Powerful Photo Of 2018
Anti Poachers Guarding The Gorillas Selfie
Aww it looks like the gorillas are protecting them too! It is also very dangerous to be an anti-poaching guard.
This Tiny Lizard Perfectly Shedding Looks Like He's Wearing A Tiny Lizard Space Suit
Ah, the words ‘tiny lizard spacesuit’ have taken me to some wonderful places in my head. Thank you.
Why we find some things interesting and think other things are boring is more complicated than it seems. Tom Vanderbilt, author of ‘You May Also Like,’ spoke with ‘The Atlantic’s’ Julie Beck about why people like things. According to him, our taste (i.e. our likes and dislikes) is humanity’s way of ordering information and filtering the world.
Taste is also a form of social learning that has turned into a way of figuring out what activities and things are linked to prestige. In other words, if someone we respect likes something or finds something interesting, then you’d better bet your bottom dollar that we’ll instinctively want to check it out.
“There’s no silver bullet theory for explaining anyone's taste. It's always a mixture of exposure, of culture, of a person's personality. And none of these are particularly static or fixed. The nice thing about tastes is that they are subject to change. We can kind of always be reinventing them and reinventing ourselves a little bit,” Vanderbilt said.
This Wolf And Bear Pair Were Documented Travelling, Hunting And Sharing Food Together For 10 Days
John Thompson Was Home Alone When He Had Both His Arms Ripped Off In A Farming Accident. However, He Still Managed To Get Up And Dial For Help Via Holding A Pencil In His Mouth. He Survived And Both His Arms Were Reattached
Juvenile Owls Often Sleep Face Down Because Their Heads Are Too Heavy
U.S. Marshalls Escorting The Extremely Brave Ruby Bridges, 6 Years Old, To School In 1960. This Courageous Young Girl Is Known For Being The First African American Child To Attend An All-White Elementary School In The South
Aww, this is amazing and also so unfair that a 6-year old has to deal with such discrimination. I love how you can see her determination and how the officers are smiling at her cuteness.
I very much doubt the southern officers were smiling at her cuteness, unfortunately. They were probably making a bet with each other about whether she'd make it to the end of the day.
Load More Replies...Let's not forget that this lady is not only still alive but not really that old. She was harassed every day for at least a year during this period and someone brought a black doll in a coffin and showed it to her. Racism is real and it is ugly and we have to fight against it all the time.
I met her over Zoom two weeks ago in a Middle School diversity conference with 600 people. It was amazing, she is so inspiring.
Load More Replies...I can't believe that some ppl see this picture of three US Marshalls walking a little girl to school and think America was great then.
I‘m always asking mysel, seeing all the MAGA hats on TV... What times are those guys thinking of?
Load More Replies...she is my grandparent's age. this is absolutely astounding how recent this was, what an outstandingly brave child.
I've seen this pic multiple times and heard the stories. So sad that a 6 yr old had to endure any of that. I can't imagine how scared her parents were for her as well.
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933854762/lucille-bridges-mother-of-anti-segregation-icon-ruby-bridges-dies-at-86
Load More Replies...I've read other families were bullied for still sending their children to this school, after Ruby started attending. At least two white families ended up moving states even!
In one of her recent interviews she said that she was mostly in a classroom by herself with her own teacher since many of the white families refused to send their children to a school that would teach a black child.It was heartbreaking to learn that and it makes you realise just how deep of a virus racism is.
Load More Replies...Here's what gets me. Ruby is 65 now. They put these pictures in black and white to make us think it was so long ago when it wasn't
The pictures were taken in black and white, dummy. It was 1960 and while color photos were a thing, photo journalists used black and white for newsprint. Not everything you don't understand is some conspiracy to trick you.
Load More Replies...And she was in the classroom alone with the only teacher who hadn't walked out over the issue of integration. Let's remember some of the brave adults, too. Like her parents.
Wonderful that this particular aspect of discrimination has been overcome but how awful was it, first - that it happened at all and second - a SIX YEAR OLD innocent kid needs an armed escort. THAT is how much personal danger she was in. The people who threatened her should be thoroughly ashamed..
Such a brave little girl amongst all those haters. I'm sure she had a lot of very impressive experiences in her life..
And to think Joe Biden once said that having a mixed racial school would be a circus... disgusting that he was voted as President. Hang your head in shame America.
Why refer to one race as "African-American" and another as "white"? That is a racist double standard.
The photos of her walking past protesting adults with the ugliest looks on their faces as they shouted at her are heart-wrenching.
I was about the same age as Ruby when I saw this on TV, and couldn't believe all those adults were screaming at a little girl. There were big, German Shepherd dogs being held back by uniformed cops, and little Ruby walked through it all like it was just another day. God bless the bravest woman I have ever seen.
This is a child who broke a barrier. Any of you who weren't even born at the time can have no conception of her bravery. My school integrated in 1954, the first school in the southern states to do so. As a result, I have never been a racist and do not understand why racism still exists. I am convinced it is a political tool. The title is incorrect because we had black children in our school in 1954.
A beautiful, 66 year old American woman? Yup. You should see her now!
Load More Replies...Congrats on being such an amazing person. Perhaps you could eliminate the word "retarded" from your vocabularly. I realize in your mind you're fantastic and all, but... That's not okay to say, no matter what point you're trying to make.
Load More Replies...It Is 'Kukur Tihar' Here In Nepal. Today Is The Day When Dogs Are Worshiped And Thanked For Their Loyalty
Photographer Gets One In A Lifetime Shot Of Meteor By Accident
This Sculpture By Issac Cordal In Berlin Is Called ‟politicians Discussing Global Warming.”
I Run Down An Old Dirt Road. Trash Is Dumped There. One Day I Stopped And Found A Box Of Money. All The Envelopes Are Different Countries All Over The World. Mostly Date From The 1700s-1900s. The Oldest Is A Coin From 1621. I’ve Got Some From Countries That No Longer Exist. I’m Still Researching
On This Day 40 Years Ago Terry Fox, A 21 Year Old Canadian Who Lost A Leg To Cancer, Began An East To West Cross-Canada Run To Raise Money And Awareness For Cancer Research. He Ran The Equivalent Of A Full Marathon Every Day And Made It 143 Days And 5,373 Km Before He Lost His Battle With Cancer
I've Been Training Myself How To Draw Photorealistically For A Little While Now. Here's My Best Sampling From Each Year Of Progress
Hanako, A Koi Fish Who Died At The Age Of 226. In 1966, Two Of Her Scales Were Removed And Extensively Studied To Determine Her Age. She Was The Longest Living Koi Fish (C. 1751 – 7 July 1977.)
Wow ... This just shows how long some fish can live when properly taken care of.
About 100,000 People Take To The Streets Of Warsaw Poland To Oppose Tightened Abortion Law
Initially a Women’s Strike that was gradually joined by anyone, of any profession, denomination, any ideological inclination who wished to protest against the new anti-abortion act, against the oppression of women and the LGBT community, against the arrogance and financial scams of the ultra right government in Poland, against the cover-ups of the pedophilia scandals in church. It’s still going on, but nothing is changing for us.
Heart-Shaped Amethyst Geodes. Discovered Yesterday In Artigas, By The Mining Company Uruguay Minerals
A Spring That Flows Through A Living Tree
Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue
This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space
Clouds In Harrodsburg, Kentucky. No Filter
Himalayan Griffon Vulture Showing Off Its Fake Eyes
The Arabian Sand Boa Never Fails To Amuse Me, As It Strongly Resembles A Small Child’s Best Effort At Drawing A Snake
Chimp With Alopecia Reveals A Truth Usually Concealed In Fur: Chimps. Are. Ripped
It is said that you need the strength of 6 men to physically control a chimpanzee.
Russian Photographer Andrey Pavlov Takes The Most Mind-Blowing Macro Photographs Of Ants That You Will Ever See
Baobabs In The Mist. Madagascar
Married Couple In China Discover They Appeared In Same Photograph As Teenagers
This Is Daisuke Inoue, The Inventor Of Karaoke. He Did Not Patent The Machine Because He Wanted To "Teach The World To Sing". He Earned Nothing From The Billion Dollar Industry His Invention Has Spawned And Has No Regrets. Photo Is Of Him And The Very First Karaoke Machine Ever Made
Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer! This Is T-Cell Immunotherapy!
I Stayed Up Until 4am To Capture This! Hdr Waning Moon - Composite Image
This Is How Big Kiwis Are
What, I always thought they were tiny and fuzzy like actual kiwis!
This Is The First Flower Ever Grown Entirely In Space
The Tomb Of Ramesses Vi, The Valley Of Kings, Egypt
Woman Delivers Baby Moments After Beirut Blasts
In Finland Temperature Gets As Low As -40c In Winter, The Trees Are Covered In So Much Snow And Frost That It Looks Like Landscape From Another Planet
Finally Got My Prosthetics In!
This is the kind of thing I want to make with my 3D printer one day..they look great :)
Sweet Octopus Chandelier My Buddy Made And Installed Today!
This Ad Hoc Theater Made From Hay Bales
Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy
It's Snowing In Australia At The Moment And Its Not Every Day That You Get To See Kangaroos Hopping In The Snow
Haha i live in Australia and actually had snow covered Kangaroos in my back paddock, they have very thick coats though.
When The Maldivian President Held The World's First Underwater Cabinet Meeting To Sign A Climate Change Sos
These So-Called Wine Windows Were Used By Vintners In Italy To Sell Wine During Plague Pandemics In The 17th Century. Now They Are Coming Back To Use Due To Coronavirus
Carving The Entire Alphabet In Pencil Lead.
Huge Oceanic Manta Ray Spotted Near Trinidad ( Sharks For Scale )
This Picture Of A Cemetery Looks Like 2 Pictures Put Together
This Is The Only Existing Photo Of Chernobyl Taken On The Morning Of The Nuclear Accident. The Heavy Grain Is Due To The Huge Amount Of Radiation In The Air That Began To Destroy The Camera Film The Second It Was Exposed
X-Ray Of A Pregnant Dog
Im The Girl From The "Giant" Wolf Post. Here's Another One Of Our Rescues, Yuki
A Rare View Of The Statue Of Liberty From The Balcony On Its Torch. The Exit There Has Been Closed Since 1916
I didnt even know there was a balcony on the roof! That would be so cool to walk onto.
Camazotz - The Maya Batman - In 2014 Warner Bros Summoned 30 Artists To Reinterpret Batman On The Occasion Of Its 75th Anniversary. One Of Those Who Accepted The Assignment Was Christian Pacheco, Owner Of The Design Firm Kimbal, Based In Yucatán, Mexico. This Was His Design
Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour
Some species of ants have actually learned been doing agriculture since long before we have. We don’t give them enough credit
An Intact Pyramid Capstone, One Of The Few Know In Existence
An Incredibly Intact Crinoid Specimen Fossil Dating Back To About 345 Million Years Ago
The Full Tiananmen Square Tank Man Picture Is Much More Powerful Than The Cropped One
Concrete Made To Look Like Wood
The True Scale Of Michelangelo's David
This is why Florence cancelled the commission of the matching statue of Goliath. Probably.
This Coin
Doesn't show the whole thing.. You then insert the sword on top if the coin (you can see the noth with the "eye" symbol), so the wall window open.
This Toy Car On A Treadmill
Danish Special Forces (Frogmen) Look Scary Af
Apprently Owls Have A Pair Of Slender Legs Under Their Fluff
2,200 Year Old Greek Armbands
This Is Javier Botet, An Actor With Marfan Syndrome - A Genetic Disorder That Affects Connective Tissue And Makes People Grow Very Tall And Thin, With Exceptionally Long Arms And Legs. Botet Is 6′7″ Tall And Weighs 120 Pounds
A Pill Bottle That Keeps Track Of When It Was Last Opened
The Smallest Active-Duty Vessel (Mini Tug) Of The United States Navy.
Sodalite Is A Type Of Rock That Reacts With UV Light. When Exposed To It, The Rock Turns To A Golden, Lava-Like Color
A Soldier "Turtle" Ant, Which Uses Its Rounded Head To Block Off The Nest Entrance
In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like
I would have thought it would be invisible to the naked eye? I guess not.
This Was The First Ever Design Of Voldemort, Which Many Find Far More Terrifying
What The Pyramid Looked Like. Originally Encased In White Lime Stone With A Peak Made Of Solid Gold
Ski Trail Sign In Summer vs. In Winter
This Beach In Turkey With Accessibility Features
Picture Of A Single Atom Wins Science Photo Contest
I Always Post Photos Of Crystals After They Have Been Cleaned And Tidied Up, But Here Is A Picture Of A Gorgeous Smoky Amethyst Fresh Out Of The Earth In Georgia!
A Group Of Archaeologists Discovered A Claw Of A Bird (Flesh And Muscles Still Attached To It) While Digging Down In A Cave In New Zealand. Later, The Archaeologists Confirmed That It Is A Foot Of Extinct Bird Moa Which Disappeared From Earth Some 700 - 800 Years Ago
Last Sunset 9/10/2001
Absolutely, completely, tirelessly, never forget. My soul still cries at this.
A Korean News Program Actually Filming On The Top Of The Building Instead Of Using A Green Screen
After Sitting In A Hospital Freezer For A Month And A Half, A Large Section Of My Skull Has Been Reattached.
These Two Houses In Red Deer Alberta Join Backyards Every Winter To Build A Hockey Rink For Their Kids. There's A Terraced Viewing Deck, A Hot Tub And Grill
The Electric Forest Festival In 2019
Customer Brought In A 1934 Thousand Dollar Bill. After Ten Years In Banking Finally Got To See One In Person
A Little Scar Cover-Up Tattoo
When The Roof Of An Abandoned Shopping Mall Collapsed, Water Accumulated, And It Became A Breeding Ground For Mosquitoes. Locals Put In Fish To Eat The Larvae
The Road To The White House Just Got A Fresh Paint Job
A Connecticut Gallery Owner, Fernando Alvarez, Was Arrested After Dropping A 10-Foot-Long, 800-Pound Sculpture Of A Heroin Spoon In Front Of Purdue Pharma’s Headquarters And Says He Plans To “Gift” More Spoons To Other Drug Companies, As Well As To Politicians And Doctors
Children Living In Siberia Getting UV Light Exposure During The Long Dark Winter Months
Spacex Falcon 9 Leaving Earth's Atmosphere And Created A "Twilight Phenomenon"
Shadow Of A Millipede Walking
A 2000 Year Old Green Serpentine Mask Found At The Base Of A Pyramid In Mexico
Had anyone seen the movie the mask. If so that looks exactly like that mask
The “Serve And Protect” Sculpture, Salt Lake City’s Public Safety Building, During Today's Protest, A Demonstration Of How Art’s Meaning Can Change Completely With Context
From my perspective, its seems more realistic with the blood added by vandals...
103 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse
A Person Wearing A Full-Face Prosthetic Mask To Evade Cctv And Facial Recognition
A Massive Eruption On The Sun Just Happened A Few Moments Ago And I Was Able To Capture It From My Backyard. At Least Two Earths Could Fit In That Loop
A Tram In The Netherlands Failed To Stop In Time And Broke Through The Emergency Barrier. It's Being Held Up By The Statue Of A Whale's Tail
A Soviet Poster From 1944 Depicting Legions Of German Soldiers Fated To Die In The Russian Winter Thanks To Hitler's Orders
A Train Car In Minnesota Carrying Corn Had A Leak
Train Has Windows That Automatically Blind When Going Past Residential Blocks
These 70s ‘Conversation Pits’ Need To Be Brought Back
Orgone Accumulator, A Device Sold In The 1950s To Allow A Person Sitting Inside To Attract Orgone, A Massless 'Healing Energy'. The Fda Noted That One Purchaser, A College Professor, Knew It Was "Phony" But Found It "Helpful Because His Wife Sat Quietly In It For Four Hours Every Day."
Decaying Great White Shark, Left To Rot At An Abandoned Wildlife Park In Melbourne
A Modified Us 1 Dollar Coin With A Hidden Button For Clasping And Unclasping A Sword
How To Solve A Pigpen Cypher
I read it as pigeon cipher and things just got confusing... they didn't improve
Medieval Bathroom, What A [Crap] Job Tô Clean It
Two Pictures Stitched Together From Nazi Rally At Reichserntedankfest In 1934 Make You Realise How Enormous It Actually Was
Illegal Picture Taken Inside The Us Supreme Court In 1932. Dr. Erich Salomon Faked A Broken Arm So He Could Hide A Camera In His Cast
My Friend And I Coded Plague Inc… For A Ti-84 Calculator
It Is -20 (F) In Chicago, This Is Lake Michigan
The Progression Is Satisfyingly Brilliant
Design-wise, first definitely less cluttered. Safety-wise, chances of a "blue screen" seem high in 2020 ("have you tried turning it off and on again?" hm)... Normally you send simplest possible tech into space for reliability ---- when random radiation can flip a 0 into a 1 on the smallest transistors, you want relatively large ones so it won't happen.
Sprouting Some Cherry Tomato Seeds
Next Time You See A Croc Floating Towards You, Remember This Image And You Won't Panic
I'll still panic, trust me. Something to do with a mouth full of razorblades and a sh*tty temperament ...
All the old metal work and stuff I find so amazing because its just so Intricate and detailed. Just soo amazing.
All the old metal work and stuff I find so amazing because its just so Intricate and detailed. Just soo amazing.